STEPHEN M.
DANIELS, Chairman
Born Boston, Massachusetts, 1947. B.A. cum
laude, with honors in history, Yale University, 1968; J.D., Yale
University, 1972. Admitted to the California and District of
Columbia Bars. Various legislative capacities, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969-70; Office of Management and
Budget, 1971; U.S. House of Representatives, 1972-73. Counsel,
Committee on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives
(Assistant Minority Counsel, 1973-80; Minority Counsel, 1980-84;
Minority Counsel and Staff Director, 1984-87). Active duty,
U.S. Army, 1970-71. Appointed to the General Services Board of
Contract Appeals, August 31, 1987. Appointed Chairman of the
Board, December 22, 1992. Became a member and appointed
Chairman of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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JERI K. SOMERS, Vice
Chair
Born McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas, 1961. B.A.,
George Mason University, 1983; J.D., American University Washington
College of Law, 1986. Admitted to the Virginia and District of
Columbia Bars. Active duty, U.S. Air Force, 1986-91; Military
Judge, U.S. Air Force Reserves, 2004-present; various reserve positions,
Air Force Reserves and D.C. Air National Guard. Trial Attorney,
Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch,
1991-94. Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office,
Eastern District of Virginia, 1994-2001. Counsel, Miller &
Chevalier Chartered, 2001-03. Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University (Graduate Program), 1988-90. Adjunct
Professor, University of Maryland, University College, 1994-2001.
Appointed to the Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals,
April 2004. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract
Appeals, January 6, 2007.
Appointed Vice Chair of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, June
8, 2008.
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ANTHONY S. BORWICK
Born Washington, D.C., 1944. B.A., Cornell
University, 1967; J.D., Tulane University, 1970. Admitted to
the District of Columbia and California Bars. Trial Attorney,
Department of Justice, 1970-76; Chief Counsel for Litigation, Office
of General Counsel, General Services Administration, 1976-86.
Appointed to the General Services Board of Contract Appeals, May 11,
1986. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals,
January 6, 2007.
JEROME M. DRUMMOND
Born Winchester, Virginia, 1953. B.S., Eastern
Kentucky University, 1976; J.D., Howard University School of Law, 1979.
Admitted to the District of Columbia and West Virginia Bars.
Various legal capacities, Social Security Administration, 1979-80.
Reginald Heber Smith Fellow and Counsel, Legal Aid Society, 1981-84.
Various legal capacities, including Deputy Associate General Counsel,
Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration, 1984-91.
Various legal capacities, including Special Counsel, Office of Chief
Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1991-99. Appointed to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development Board of Contract Appeals,
January 25, 1999. Became a member of the Civilian Board of
Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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EILEEN P. FENNESSY
Born Lowell, Massachusetts, 1948. B.A., Emmanuel
College, 1970; J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1973. Law
Review 1972-73. Admitted to the Massachusetts and District of
Columbia Bars. Associate, Nixon & King, Boston Massachusetts,
1974-76; Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Navy, 1976-82
(Attorney Advisor, Naval Air Systems Command 1976-78; Trial Attorney,
Litigation Division, 1978-82, Senior Trial Attorney, 1982); Trial
Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of
Justice 1982-87; Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Navy,
1987-88 (Associate Counsel, Acquisition and Litigation, Military Sealift
Command). Appointed to the Department of Transportation Board of
Contract Appeals, March 13, 1988. Appointed Vice Chair of the
Board,
February 23, 2003. Became a member of the Civilian Board of
Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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BERYL S. GILMORE
Born Durham, North Carolina, 1946. B.A., Hampton
University, 1967; J.D., North Carolina Central University, 1970.
Admitted to the Ohio and District of Columbia Bars. Attorney-Advisor
and Trial Attorney/Contracts, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1972-78;
Legal Assistant, Department of the Interior Board of Contract Appeals,
1978. Appointed to the Department of the Interior Board
of Contract Appeals, October 1978. Appointed to the Department of
Energy Board of Contract Appeals, October 1979. Appointed Vice Chair of
the Board,
July 1998. Served as Acting Chair of the Board, 2001-07. Became a member of
the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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ALLAN H. GOODMAN
Born Norfolk, Virginia, 1950. B.S.F.S. with honors,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1972; J.D., University
of Toledo College of Law, 1974. Associate Editor, University of
Toledo Law Review. Admitted to the Virginia, District of Columbia,
and Maryland Bars. Attorney, Wickwire Gavin, P.C., 1975-93
(Associate, 1975-80; Shareholder, 1981-93). Lecturer (Government
Contract Law), University of Richmond-T.C. Williams College of Law,
1980-85; Adjunct Professor (Government Contract Law), University of
Virginia (Northern Virginia Extension), 1982-86; Adjunct Professor
(Construction Law), Georgetown University Law Center, 1988-2001.
Appointed to the General Services Board of Contract Appeals, January 15,
1993. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals,
January 6, 2007.
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CATHERINE B. HYATT
Born Nyack, New York, 1952. B.A. with general
honors and honors in economics, Goucher College, 1974, Phi Beta Kappa;
J.D. with high honors, George Washington University National Law Center,
1977. Member, George Washington Law Review, 1976-77; Order of the
Coif. Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Law Clerk to
the Honorable Philip Nichols, Jr., United States Court of Claims
(predecessor to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit), 1977-78; Associate Attorney, Arnold & Porter, 1978-82;
Attorney, Allied-Signal Inc., Bendix Aerospace Sector, 1982-88;
Attorney-Examiner, General Services Board of Contract Appeals,
1988. Appointed to the General Services Board of
Contract Appeals, November 6, 1988. Became a member of the
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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HAROLD C. “CHUCK”
KULLBERG
Born Mankato,
Minnesota, 1953. A.B. magna cum laude, Ripon College, 1975, Phi
Beta Kappa; J.D., Emory University, 1978. Editorial Board, Emory
Law Journal. Admitted to the Georgia and District of Columbia
Bars. U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1978-82; U.S. Army
Reserve, 1983-2003. Associate Attorney, Corcoran and Swick,
1982-83. Attorney-Advisor, Federal Legal Information Through
Electronics (FLITE), U.S. Air Force, 1983-85. Office of the
General Counsel of the Navy, 1985-2003 (Attorney-Advisor, Naval Regional
Contracting Center, 1985-87; Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
1987-2003: Procurement Counsel, 1987-89; Trial Attorney, 1989-92; and
Senior Trial Attorney,
1992-2003). Appointed to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Board of Contract Appeals, November 3,
2003. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals,
January 6, 2007.
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R. ANTHONY McCANN
Born Flushing, New York, 1944. B.A., LeMoyne
College, 1966; J.D., Georgetown University, 1973; Editor, American
Criminal Law Review. Admitted to the Virginia and Pennsylvania Bars. Commissioned Officer, U.S. Navy,
1966-69.
Trial Attorney, Navy Litigation Office, Office of the General Counsel,
Department of the Navy, 1973-82. Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division,
Department of Justice, 1982-85. Associate Counsel, Litigation,
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1985-86. Deputy Director, Navy
Litigation Office, Department of the Navy, 1986-97. Administrative Law
Judge, Social Security Administration, 1997-98. Appointed to the Department of Energy Board of Contract
Appeals, December 6, 1998. Became a member of the Civilian Board
of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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HOWARD A. POLLACK
Born Baltimore, Maryland, 1946. B.A., University
of Maryland; J.D., University of Maryland. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar. Attorney, Office of District Counsel, Baltimore District,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1972-73; District Trial Attorney, Baltimore
District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1974-78; Assistant to Chief Counsel for
Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1979-80. Supervisory
Trial Attorney, Construction and Litigation Section, Veterans
Administration, 1980-84. Judge, Veterans Administration Board of
Contract Appeals, 1984-88. Member and then Partner, Braude and
Margulies, P.C., 1988-94; Partner, Huddles, Pollack and Jones,
P.C., 1995. Lecturer, Department of Justice C.L.E., Basic
Contracts Seminar, 1981-90. Appointed to the Department of
Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals, October 23, 1995. Appointed
Vice Chairman of the Board, February 28, 1998. Appointed Chairman
of the Board, August 23,
2002. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January
6, 2007.
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PATRICIA J. SHERIDAN
Born Watertown, New York, 1953.
B.A. magna cum laude, Curry College, 1975; J.D., Syracuse University
College of Law, 1979. Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Journal of
International Law and Commerce. Admitted to the District of Columbia
and Virginia Bars. Attorney, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, 1980-82. Attorney,
Robert P. Hudock & Associates, 1982-84. Trial Attorney (Contracts),
Office of the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1984-91.
Hearing Examiner and Counsel to the Chairman, Department of Veterans
Affairs Board of Contract Appeals, 1991-2000; Deputy Dispute Resolution
Specialist, 1991-2006. Lecturer (Government Contract Law), William &
Mary School of Law, 1992-95. Appointed to the Department of Veterans
Affairs Board of Contract Appeals, July 16, 2000. Appointed Chairman of
the Board and Dispute Resolution Specialist of the Department, May 14,
2006. Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals,
January 6, 2007.
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CANDIDA S. STEEL
Born Mount Kisco, New York, 1949. B.A.,
Northwestern University, 1971; J.D., Catholic University, 1977, Law
Review. Admitted to the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.
Attorney Advisor, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, 1978-80.
Trial Attorney, Office of Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia,
1980-87 (Juvenile Division, 1980-82, Civil Division, 1982-85, Senior
Attorney - Major Case Section, 1985-87). Solo Practitioner and
President, Anne Arundel Dispute Resolution, Inc., 1987-94.
Appointed to the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals,
March 25, 1994. Appointed to the Department of the Interior
Board of Contract Appeals, August 2000. Appointed Chairman of the
Board, June 2002. Concurrently appointed as panel member of the
Department of Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals, October 1, 2005.
Became a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6,
2007.
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JAMES L. STERN
Born Albany, New York, 1948. B.S., Siena
College, 1969; M.B.A. with honors, Adelphi University, 1971; J.D., cum
laude, New York Law School, 1974. Associate editor, New York Law
Review. Admitted to the New York and District of Columbia Bars.
Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Navy, 1974-81
(Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Acquisition, 1978-81; Deputy Counsel,
Naval Electronics Systems Command, 1980-81). Commissioned, U.S.
Army Reserve, 1969; honorable discharge as a Captain, 1983.
Appointed to the Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals,
August 23, 1981. Appointed Vice Chairman of the Board, May 11,
1997. Appointed Chairman of the Board, February 23, 2003. Became a
member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
Born Newburgh, New York, 1959. B.A., University
of Virginia, 1980; J.D., George Washington University, 1983.
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Worked with Professors
Cibinic and Nash, 1983-85. Consultant to various law firms, and
lecturer and co-author of articles and course materials on procurement,
1983-85. Attorney, then Chief Counsel, General Services Board of
Contract Appeals, 1985-89. Appointed to the General Services Board
of Contract Appeals, April 1989. Appointed to the Department of
Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals, November 1998. Became a
member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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RICHARD C. WALTERS
Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1946. B.S.E., cum
laude, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, 1968, Beta Gamma Sigma
(Business), Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting); J.D. University of Pennsylvania
Law School, 1971. Member, Law School Moot Court Board.
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia Bars.
Assistant Counsel, Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Department of the Navy, 1972-78. Associate, Max E. Greenberg, Trayman, Cantor,
Reiss & Blasky, 1978-80. Associate/Senior Attorney, Schnader,
Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, 1981-93. Senior Attorney, Piper &
Marbury LLP (currently DLA Piper), 1993-97. Dispute Resolution
Officer, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Dispute Resolution
for Acquisition, 1997-2004. Appointed to the Department of
Veterans Affairs Board of Contract Appeals, November 18, 2004.
Appointed Vice Chairman of the Board, May 14, 2006. Became a
member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, January 6, 2007.
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